Naming character limit too small. If you think
that, you fall into the average.

average length of English word is 4.5 letters. The length of an average first name will likely be higher.

average hiragana used to spell out a first name (only) in Japanese is a whopping 6.

Character limit is 10 for EN games and 5 for JP games.

I had no problem nicknaming my Pokes Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, but for my JP games, Son Goku was fine, but I had to get a little cleverly excluding when naming His sibling disciple.---"The benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom."~Chinese proverb

#2jimrichardsPosted 1/12/2013 5:28:04 AM

Average Hiragana to spell a first name is six? That sounds a bit odd to me. That would preclude that names like for instance Anamanaguchi (not a person's name anyway) are common, and I can say with a reasonable amount of confidence that they are not. The longest legitimate Japanese name of which I've heard is Amaterasu, which is five characters.

However, from my experience I have found that three-kana names (such as Hikari, Naruto, Takuya, etc) are the most common, which are more often than not spelled with 6 English letters. Thus, the vast majority of Japanese players can fit their names within the five character limit easily.

The seven-character limit for player characters is a bit ridiculous I'll admit, leaving people like Alexander, Marianne, and Cornelius to use a shorter name. Ten characters would be more appropriate there, to bring them in line with Pokémon. Other than that I have no qualm with the character limit.---I would prefer to be known as BlackWaltzTheThird, or just Waltz for short.Official Froakie of the Pokemon X boards.

#3Ultimate_Nova_X(Topic Creator)Posted 1/12/2013 11:05:57 AM

Good find.---"The benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom."~Chinese proverb

#4FuneralCakePosted 1/12/2013 11:08:59 AM

jimrichards posted...

Anamanaguchi

Great band, though I really am not a fan of Meow.---STOP CALLING ME HOME ROWEDwant some funeral to go with that cake?

#5SBNetopirPosted 1/12/2013 11:09:27 AM

jimrichards posted...

Average Hiragana to spell a first name is six? That sounds a bit odd to me. That would preclude that names like for instance Anamanaguchi (not a person's name anyway) are common, and I can say with a reasonable amount of confidence that they are not. The longest legitimate Japanese name of which I've heard is Amaterasu, which is five characters.

However, from my experience I have found that three-kana names (such as Hikari, Naruto, Takuya, etc) are the most common, which are more often than not spelled with 6 English letters. Thus, the vast majority of Japanese players can fit their names within the five character limit easily.

The seven-character limit for player characters is a bit ridiculous I'll admit, leaving people like Alexander, Marianne, and Cornelius to use a shorter name. Ten characters would be more appropriate there, to bring them in line with Pokémon. Other than that I have no qualm with the character limit.

Pretty much this.

#6Ultimate_Nova_X(Topic Creator)Posted 1/12/2013 11:11:20 AM

Refresh my memory, what was the char. limit for player characters?---"The benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom."~Chinese proverb

#7kirbydude385Posted 1/12/2013 11:14:58 AM

yeah six hiragana is quite a lot for a name (usually about 12 english letters)

hell i found i could use katakana to fit in some nicknames i thought of that wouldnt fit in english---Official Manectric and Creator of the B/W, BW2, and XY Boards ClanOfficial Dawn of the BW2 Boards Khaini: ImSooBipolar - 14x Luminous

#8SBNetopirPosted 1/12/2013 11:17:30 AM

Ultimate_Nova_X posted...

Refresh my memory, what was the char. limit for player characters?

In Pokemon Black, the character limit is 7 characters (in the US version, that is).

#9SirPiercePosted 1/12/2013 11:17:59 AM

SBNetopir posted...

jimrichards posted...

Average Hiragana to spell a first name is six? That sounds a bit odd to me. That would preclude that names like for instance Anamanaguchi (not a person's name anyway) are common, and I can say with a reasonable amount of confidence that they are not. The longest legitimate Japanese name of which I've heard is Amaterasu, which is five characters.

However, from my experience I have found that three-kana names (such as Hikari, Naruto, Takuya, etc) are the most common, which are more often than not spelled with 6 English letters. Thus, the vast majority of Japanese players can fit their names within the five character limit easily.

The seven-character limit for player characters is a bit ridiculous I'll admit, leaving people like Alexander, Marianne, and Cornelius to use a shorter name. Ten characters would be more appropriate there, to bring them in line with Pokémon. Other than that I have no qualm with the character limit.

Pretty much this.

Yeah. After 2 years of Japanese in High School, I just went through my whole families' names. The longest is 4 characters. All are 3 except 4...James, Mike, Cathy, Pennie, Derrick, Autumn, Becca, Abigail and Abel.

So yeah...no way the average is 6. That's like saying that the average English name is 12 letters.---NNID - Aerontar.Currently Awaiting...SSBU, SSB3DS, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Pokemon X, Pokemon Y and Watch Dogs.

#10kirbydude385Posted 1/12/2013 11:28:30 AM

the limit for pokemon names in the japanese versions are also 5 characters

for example, Tynamo's japanese name is Shibishirasu which is 12 english letters, but the katakana are shi, bi, shi, ra, su which is 5---Official Manectric and Creator of the B/W, BW2, and XY Boards ClanOfficial Dawn of the BW2 Boards Khaini: ImSooBipolar - 14x Luminous